Suspect Detained After Shooting at Des Moines Post Office

Former Waverly, Iowa, postmaster Merri Burgart was sentenced to five years of probation and eight months of home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud for submitting false mileage claims that stole more than $16,000 from the U.S. Postal Service. She was also ordered to repay the money and pay a $4,000 fine; prosecutors said she used a funnel account in a separate scheme involving more than $2,500 in lawn-mowing payments.

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